Barry, You were absolutely right about Inwood! I am so happy I went and I can't wait to go back. I took one pic I thought you would like of a broken old vandalized lamp post next to some trees. I think that 'forgotten NYC' site talks about it.
The pix do not capture the feeling in the park at all, but for what they're worth: http://picasaweb.google.com/JennifDudley/InwoodPark2?feat=directlink Jenny On May 14, 4:28 pm, Barry Caselli <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey didn't I tell you? I thought you might like that place! Just from what I > read about it, it sounded like your kind of park (and mine). > As for the tree ID, I don't know. What about quaking aspen maybe? > And that copper beech is really cool. > > --- On Wed, 5/13/09, JennyNYC <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: JennyNYC <[email protected]> > Subject: [ENTS] Tree ID Help > To: "ENTSTrees" <[email protected]> > Date: Wednesday, May 13, 2009, 10:07 PM > > ENTS, > > Inwood Hill Park, Manhattan: any ideas about this tree? With the > magnifying tool, you can get a closer look at the leaves...(I'm 90% > sure the leaves belong to this tree and not another!) > > http://picasaweb.google.com/JennifDudley/InwoodID1?feat=directlink > > FYI: Inwood Park gets an A+++++++ for NYC trees, habitat diversity, > and geological stuff. Thanks to being neglected and underused until > recently, it feels like a patch of secret forest that has hidden > itself from people. (except for the spot where 25 cedars were > senselessly slaughtered in March...) > > If interested in looking at an incongruous grand old copper beech that > appeared out of nowhere: Great place for a treehouse. > > http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/iah-a5UMkchtXbqEQtNpcA?feat=dire... > > Thanks, Jenny --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org Send email to [email protected] Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
